Cardiologist: WH actually has the equipment to handle the "routine" check Trump had at hospital. [View all]

[DetlefK]

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/dick-cheneys-cardiologist-explains-why-donald-trumps-hospital-visit-is-worrisome-and-what-it-could-be/

Dr. Jonathan Reiner, who is still former Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist, said that he spoke with someone assigned to talk about the president’s health in the White House and still has questions about President Donald Trump’s trip to Walter Reed over the weekend.

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“There was no sophisticated testing done. It’s a little bit unusual. Almost everything that is usually done in a presidential physical like this, can be done in the White House at the White House medical unit. So, it doesn’t really make a lot of sense why the president would travel to Walter Reed on a Saturday afternoon for this kind of testing.”

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“I’ve been involved in planning a lot of these for the former vice president, and these kinds of days are planned out over weeks,” Dr. Reiner continued. “And often multiple consultants are brought in, the day is highly choreographed and planned down to the minute. So, a spontaneous medical exam is uncommon, raising the question of whether there was something specifically at issue that required an evaluation on Saturday.”

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“It doesn’t make a lot of sense,” Dr. Reiner said. He also explained that the White House medical unit has an extensive capability to handle anything the president may need for medical care. It was a sentiment that Dr. Gupta also noted, saying that all of the things necessary for a physical exam and bloodwork would be conducted at the White House.

“You go to a hospital, like Walter Reed, for testing that is not available in the White House,” he said. “That would include things like CAT scans, a test like a stress test. Those things are detailed procedures that would need to be done in a place like Walter Reed. and a routine exam for us, just sort of check the president’s height and weight can be done on the ground floor of the White House.”

- 73 years old
- obese
- high cholesterol
- unhealthy food
- minor heart-condition
- extremely stressfull day-job
- extra stress from trouble with the law